Sad

My back aches

Like a tired lion

As I crave

My elephant grave

My head swells

Like oceans deep

Ankles break

As I creep

Hunched shoulders

Cracking bones

As I sit still

My body moans

My wrinkled skin

Now monotint

Creases

Paper thin

So now I know

Once I did not

My furrowed brow

Says a lot

For yesteryear

Was my lot

Lived without fear

Didn’t give a jot

Yet now my time

Is near its end

It’s only now

I comprehend

Now I know

What I did fear

End of life

Is truly near